Loving Lancaster
From news release:
The brand new Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square and Lancaster County Convention Center is now open for business after less than two years of construction. The landmark $177-million integrated facility, anchoring historic Penn Square in Downtown Lancaster, Pa., boldly incorporates the 110-year-old Beaux Arts façade of the former Watt & Shand department store.
The state-of-the-art, 299-room Marriott is a wonderful new addition for the many millions of leisure travelers who enjoy Lancaster’s inviting mix of rural beauty and urban hip every year. The property is close to all of the city’s dining, shopping, and artistic offerings, while still right in the midst of the historic sites, surrounding farmlands, and Amish heritage for which Lancaster County is famous.
Moreover, for the area’s rising number of meeting and convention visitors, one appeal of this world-class facility’s smaller, less expensive urban destination is that it’s centrally-located to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York. The hotel and convention center offer a combined 90,000 square feet of meeting space and the latest technology for conventions, events, and trade shows, with space for groups up to 5,000, including a convention and exhibition hall, two grand ballrooms, and finely appointed meeting and board rooms.
Lancaster as a destination
From bustling farmers markets to scenic rural landscapes populated by the nation’s oldest Amish community, Lancaster offers a range of family-oriented activities and “country-life” experiences. But there’s another side as well – a sophisticated urban center that offers dozens of well-respected art galleries and exquisite fine dining and shopping. And as one of the largest National Historic Register Districts in the country, it offers hundreds of well-preserved historical landmarks. Visiting architects and planners, in fact, have been favorable in their assessment of the sense of place it offers, noting that Lancaster “is the kind of environment other communities are trying to create.”
http://www.discoverlancasterpa.com
The brand new Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square and Lancaster County Convention Center is now open for business after less than two years of construction. The landmark $177-million integrated facility, anchoring historic Penn Square in Downtown Lancaster, Pa., boldly incorporates the 110-year-old Beaux Arts façade of the former Watt & Shand department store.
The state-of-the-art, 299-room Marriott is a wonderful new addition for the many millions of leisure travelers who enjoy Lancaster’s inviting mix of rural beauty and urban hip every year. The property is close to all of the city’s dining, shopping, and artistic offerings, while still right in the midst of the historic sites, surrounding farmlands, and Amish heritage for which Lancaster County is famous.
Moreover, for the area’s rising number of meeting and convention visitors, one appeal of this world-class facility’s smaller, less expensive urban destination is that it’s centrally-located to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York. The hotel and convention center offer a combined 90,000 square feet of meeting space and the latest technology for conventions, events, and trade shows, with space for groups up to 5,000, including a convention and exhibition hall, two grand ballrooms, and finely appointed meeting and board rooms.
Lancaster as a destination
From bustling farmers markets to scenic rural landscapes populated by the nation’s oldest Amish community, Lancaster offers a range of family-oriented activities and “country-life” experiences. But there’s another side as well – a sophisticated urban center that offers dozens of well-respected art galleries and exquisite fine dining and shopping. And as one of the largest National Historic Register Districts in the country, it offers hundreds of well-preserved historical landmarks. Visiting architects and planners, in fact, have been favorable in their assessment of the sense of place it offers, noting that Lancaster “is the kind of environment other communities are trying to create.”
http://www.discoverlancasterpa.com
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